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This was post was contributed by Dr. Lorène Anthonioz, who is Research and Teaching Assistant in Private International Law at Unidistance. In judgment 4A_305/2025, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled that the prohibition on transferring funds to sanctioned companies and entities under the Swiss Ordinance on Measures Relating to the Situation in Ukraine (see unofficial […]

This post was contributed by Felix D. Pollmann (University of Münster) and draws on a chapter written with Jonathan L. T. Chu (Downing College, University of Cambridge) on “Standard Terms in Business-to-Business Contracts under English and German Law”, in Heiderhoff/Queirolo, Private International Law and the European Union: Developments in Contemporary Private Law (Editoriale Scientifica 2026), […]

The European Court of Human Rights has accepted the referral of Z and Others v. Finland (no. 42758/23) to the Grand Chamber. The case concerns a Russian father who abducted his sons from their mother in Russia to Finland in 2022. As has previously been reported for the blog (see here), the Finnish Supreme Court […]

The world is experiencing a growing number of interconnected crises. Armed conflicts, democratic backsliding, climate change, and human rights violations in global supply chains increasingly transcend national borders and expose the limitations of legal systems designed primarily within territorial frameworks. Private international law, traditionally perceived as a technical and neutral discipline, is therefore confronted with […]

At the recent Geneva Conference, EAPIL’s members were called to elect new officers to serve on the Board and the Scientific Council of the Association until 2030. Congratulations and thanks to the fellow members who will take over from the previous governance. Board of Administration Agnieszka Frackowiack-Adamska, President Agnieszka is a professor at the Department of […]

By order No. 5656/2026, the First Civil Chamber of the Italian Supreme Court referred to the Joint Chambers (Sezioni Unite) a question of “particular importance” concerning the recognition in Italy of children born abroad through surrogacy. More specifically, the Court asked whether the legislative model governing the recognition of children born from incestuous relationships may […]

Recently, a decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof or BGH) was published on the recognition of a judgment in a case of international surrogate motherhood. An unmarried German woman had entered into a surrogacy arrangement in Mexico City. Unlike in previous cases decided by the court, donated eggs and donated sperm were […]

In this post, Julie Esquenazi (University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) presents the key findings of her doctoral thesis, recently published with Bruylant Larcier Intersentia on Equality of Arms in Cross-Border Civil Litigation. The research aims at analysing and determining whether and to what extent European rules of international jurisdiction effectively ensure equality of arms. […]

This post was contibuted by Mathilde Mathilde Codazzi-Nodet, who is a PhD candidate at Paris II Panthéon-Assas University. On 3rd July 2026, in two major decisions, the plenary assembly (assemblée plénière) of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation), its most solemn chamber which includes the president of the court and the president of all […]

This post was written by Birgit van Houtert (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University) and Marco Pasqua (Examiner, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan), co-Chairs of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions as report of the Working Group’s fourth meeting. This post follows up on the report (Part I). The fourth meeting of […]

This post was written by Birgit van Houtert (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University) and Marco Pasqua (Examiner, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan), co-Chairs of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions as report of the Working Group’s fourth meeting. On 4 June 2026, the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions held […]

This post was written by Felix M. Wilke (Full Professor at the EBS University Law School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany). He was granted prior access to the book reviewed here. Just recently, German publishing house Nomos made available “Statutenwechsel und Gerichtsstandswechsel” by Christoph Gramlich-Altenburg, a book on the conflit mobile under Rome I, Rome II, and Brussels […]

On 2 July, the Court will deliver the opinion by M. Richard de la Tour in case C-300/25, Duftošek. The Nejvyšší soud (Czech Republic) is asking the Court to rule for the first time on Regulation 2016/1103 on matrimonial property regimes: Do proceedings for the dissolution and liquidation of joint ownership interests in an immoveable property, acquired by […]

On 8 September 2026 Andrea Bonomi and the Centre for Comparative, European and International Law of the University of Lausanne are organizing a conference titled „Wills substitutes” in comparative and private international law. Speakers include: Michael W. Galligan (New York), Edward Reed (London) and Jeffrey Talpis (Montreal), Charlotte Wendland (Munich), Sophie Lambert (Aix-Marseille), François Derème […]

The University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR), in cooperation with the Associação de Estudos Europeus de Coimbra (AEEC – Coimbra Association of European Studies), is organising the international symposium Crossing Dialogues, Disciplines and Borders: How far can Private International Law go?, which will take place on 9–10 October 2026 at the Colégio da […]

This post was contributed by Eirini Tsikrika, a PhD candidate at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a practising lawyer. As already announced on this blog, on 4 June 2026 Advocate General Norkus delivered his opinion in Case C-41/25, Orsay, concerning a request for a preliminary ruling referred to the Court of Justice by […]

The fourth issue of the IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) for 2026 will be published on 1 July. The following advance abstracts have been kindly provided by the editor of the journal. L. Schwannecke, Challenging the European Certificate of Succession: Prerequisites and consequences after the CJEU decision in Albausy (German) According to Art. 67 […]

On 10 September 2026, the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, together with the Institute for Comparative Law, will host the Second Private International Law Conference, a unique regional event dedicated to contemporary developments in private international law. The conference will gather distinguished academics, judges, attorneys, arbitrators, and legal practitioners from Slovenia and Europe to […]

Gralf-Peter Calliess and Moritz Renner have edited the fourth edition of Rome Regulations: Commentary published by Wolters Kluwer. The volume provides an article-by-article analysis of the three Rome Regulations and takes account of developments that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 2020. These include recent case law of the Court of […]

This post was written by Giacomo Marola (PhD). On 18 June 2026, following AG Rantos’ Opinion, discussed on this blog, the CJEU delivered its judgment in Case C-232/25, Idziski, concerning jurisdiction under Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation, now Article 7(2) Brussels I bis, over personality rights infringements. Facts of the Case Idziski arises […]